clinker

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Clinker is the binder that causes cement to harden when it reacts with water.

From Scientific American • Feb. 9, 2023

How it works: Clinker is mixed with gypsum at a ratio of 20 or 25 to one.

From Scientific American • Feb. 9, 2023

Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett Mr Martin is as smooth as any gentleman of the road.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

"Clinker will see that no harm comes to you."

From Brother Against Brother The War on the Border by Optic, Oliver

Claude’s “Enchanted Castle,” 91 and note Cleopatra, 125, 173 Clinker, Humphrey, 52 Cobbett, 208, 218, 222, 355 Cockney school, 39, 60 and note Cockney, the young, xvi.

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John